Odd resolving problem

Terrence Koeman root at mediamonks.net
Sat Dec 8 22:38:10 UTC 2001


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Hello,

My DNS servers suddenly stopped resolving one particular hostname,
while others around the globe can resolve this host just fine.

The hostname is irc.quakenet.org (and a CNAME of it:
irc.quakenet.eu.org).

Other hosts that are in the same domain and have the same authorative
nameservers resolve fine, i.e. www.quakenet.org and
irc.uk.quakenet.org.

I'm running BIND 8.2.0 on Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2.

I included some dig's to show my problem at the end.

The last dig is a lookup of irc.quakenet.org through some other DNS
server, and it shows a lot of A records for this host. So I figured the
answer might be bigger than a UDP packet and I could be accidentally
blocking port 53 TCP. This is not the case.

And I'd like to note that until some hours ago the host resolved fine.

Does someone have an idea what this could be? The logs don't give me
any clues.

Thanks in advance.

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G:\>dig @ns1.mediamonks.net irc.quakenet.eu.org

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @ns1.mediamonks.net irc.quakenet.eu.org
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; res_nsend to server ns1.mediamonks.net  213.19.140.10: Connection
timed out


G:\>dig @ns1.mediamonks.net irc.quakenet.org

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @ns1.mediamonks.net irc.quakenet.org
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; res_nsend to server ns1.mediamonks.net  213.19.140.10: Connection
timed out


G:\>dig @ns1.mediamonks.net irc.uk.quakenet.org

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @ns1.mediamonks.net irc.uk.quakenet.org
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 6, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 5
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      irc.uk.quakenet.org, type = A, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
irc.uk.quakenet.org.    2H IN CNAME     barrysworld.uk.quakenet.org.
barrysworld.uk.quakenet.org.  2H IN A  213.221.172.236
barrysworld.uk.quakenet.org.  2H IN A  213.221.172.237
barrysworld.uk.quakenet.org.  2H IN A  213.221.172.238
barrysworld.uk.quakenet.org.  2H IN A  213.221.172.239
barrysworld.uk.quakenet.org.  2H IN A  194.93.134.4

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
quakenet.org.           1h57m15s IN NS  ns.barrysworld.com.
quakenet.org.           1h57m15s IN NS  ns2.barrysworld.com.
quakenet.org.           1h57m15s IN NS  de-1.ns.quakenet.org.
quakenet.org.           1h57m15s IN NS  dk-1.ns.quakenet.org.
quakenet.org.           1h57m15s IN NS  fi-1.ns.quakenet.org.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns.barrysworld.com.     1d23h54m53s IN A  213.221.172.238
ns2.barrysworld.com.    1d23h54m53s IN A  213.221.172.236
de-1.ns.quakenet.org.   1h57m15s IN A   195.185.185.60
dk-1.ns.quakenet.org.   1h57m15s IN A   194.192.186.225
fi-1.ns.quakenet.org.   1h57m15s IN A   212.246.228.11

;; Total query time: 1000 msec
;; FROM: jimbo to SERVER: ns1.mediamonks.net  213.19.140.10
;; WHEN: Sat Dec 08 23:20:20 2001
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 37  rcvd: 352


G:\>dig @ns1.mediamonks.net irc.de.quakenet.org

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @ns1.mediamonks.net irc.de.quakenet.org
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 9, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 5
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      irc.de.quakenet.org, type = A, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
irc.de.quakenet.org.    2H IN A         212.172.49.227
irc.de.quakenet.org.    2H IN A         212.172.49.230
irc.de.quakenet.org.    2H IN A         212.172.49.231
irc.de.quakenet.org.    2H IN A         212.172.49.232
irc.de.quakenet.org.    2H IN A         195.185.185.52
irc.de.quakenet.org.    2H IN A         195.185.185.53
irc.de.quakenet.org.    2H IN A         195.185.185.58
irc.de.quakenet.org.    2H IN A         195.185.185.59
irc.de.quakenet.org.    2H IN A         195.185.185.62

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
quakenet.org.           1h56m53s IN NS  ns.barrysworld.com.
quakenet.org.           1h56m53s IN NS  ns2.barrysworld.com.
quakenet.org.           1h56m53s IN NS  de-1.ns.quakenet.org.
quakenet.org.           1h56m53s IN NS  dk-1.ns.quakenet.org.
quakenet.org.           1h56m53s IN NS  fi-1.ns.quakenet.org.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns.barrysworld.com.     1d23h54m31s IN A  213.221.172.238
ns2.barrysworld.com.    1d23h54m31s IN A  213.221.172.236
de-1.ns.quakenet.org.   1h56m53s IN A   195.185.185.60
dk-1.ns.quakenet.org.   1h56m53s IN A   194.192.186.225
fi-1.ns.quakenet.org.   1h56m53s IN A   212.246.228.11

;; Total query time: 1000 msec
;; FROM: jimbo to SERVER: ns1.mediamonks.net  213.19.140.10
;; WHEN: Sat Dec 08 23:20:42 2001
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 37  rcvd: 390


G:\>dig @ns1.a2000.nl irc.quakenet.org

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @ns1.a2000.nl irc.quakenet.org
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 25, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 5
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      irc.quakenet.org, type = A, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     212.172.49.227
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     212.172.49.230
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     213.131.131.155
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     213.221.172.236
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     213.221.172.237
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     213.221.172.238
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     213.221.172.239
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     62.79.27.107
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     62.79.27.108
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     193.163.220.18
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     193.163.220.19
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     193.163.220.20
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     193.163.220.22
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     193.163.220.23
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     193.163.220.24
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     193.213.112.50
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     194.159.164.211
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     194.159.164.212
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     194.185.88.200
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     194.185.88.201
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     195.185.185.52
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     195.185.185.53
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     195.185.185.58
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     195.185.185.59
irc.quakenet.org.       39m18s IN A     195.185.185.62

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
quakenet.org.           27m7s IN NS     ns.barrysworld.com.
quakenet.org.           27m7s IN NS     ns2.barrysworld.com.
quakenet.org.           27m7s IN NS     de-1.ns.quakenet.org.
quakenet.org.           27m7s IN NS     dk-1.ns.quakenet.org.
quakenet.org.           27m7s IN NS     fi-1.ns.quakenet.org.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns.barrysworld.com.     15h18m16s IN A  213.221.172.238
ns2.barrysworld.com.    17h36m49s IN A  213.221.172.236
de-1.ns.quakenet.org.   28m37s IN A     195.185.185.60
dk-1.ns.quakenet.org.   28m37s IN A     194.192.186.225
fi-1.ns.quakenet.org.   28m37s IN A     212.246.228.11

;; Total query time: 0 msec
;; FROM: jimbo to SERVER: ns1.a2000.nl  62.108.1.65
;; WHEN: Sat Dec 08 23:20:51 2001
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 34  rcvd: 624

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Regards,

Terrence Koeman

Technical Director/Administrator
MediaMonks B.V. (www.mediamonks.nl)

Please quote all replies in correspondence. 

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